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DANIEL J. MILLER, OF IN DIANAPOLIS, ASSIGNOR OF ON EHALF IN TEREST TO'FIEL-DING BEELER, OF MARION OOUNTY, INDIANA.

Letters Patent No. 105,230, dated July 12, 1870.

The Bchedule refen'ed to in these Letters Patent and making part of, the same.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, DANIEL J. MILLER, of Indianapolis, inthe county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Flood-Fences; and I do hereby deolare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, that will enable skilled artizans to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to prevent fences erected across and adjacent to small streams of water from being swept away and destroyed by sudden and -excessive floods; and

It consists in pivoting the panels separately to short posts set firmly in the ground, and braeing them from the upper side by bxaces arranged to be disengaged automatically by the rise of the water, which will allow the panels to be turned down horizontally with the stream, and thus avoid the pressure that Would otherwise carry them away.

- igure 1 is an elevation of a single panel of fence, cons'tructed and arranged with' the above object, viewed from the upper side.

Figure 2 is an end view of the same.

Figure 3 is a top or plan view.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

A are the posts, and

B the boards constituting a panel of fence.

The posts A are pivoted at the bottom to short posts, O, set firmly in the ground.

The panels are sustained in an .upright position by means of braces E, that are pivoted by their loweu4 ends to posts D, also set in the ground on the upper side of the ifence, the upper euds of the braccs being pierced with a hole to receive a pin, J, set in the post as shown.

An upri'ght bar, j, pivoted in bearings gg at the top and bottom of the pos,tA,'is furnished with a projection, i, opposite the brace, and a wing, h, near the bottom, as shown. When the water rises to a suflicient height to endanger the fence, the pressure of thewater upon the wing h turns` the bar f, and brings the projection o against the brace E, and disengages it from the pin J in the post A, and thus permits the panel to be turned down horizontally by the pressure of the water.

Another mode of construoting the panel is shown in Fgure 4, the lower rail being a bar of two by four scantling, and the board-ing may be'upright pickets if desired, as indicated.

Having 'tbus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

'The panels of the fence pivoted to the posts G,.in combination with the braces E, posts D, Vertical bar f, projection t', and wing h, all arranged and Operating substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

` DANIEL J. MILLER.

Witnesses O. F. MAYHEW, 'D. W. lKmnrnmfi. 

